Yes for negs, not so much for prints. But unless you are doing MF or LF stuff, investing in a dedicated 35mm scanner is a better choice for neg/slide scanning. The Minolta Scan Dual's are available cheaply used, and Nikon's Coolscan V costs around the same as a high-end flatbed (like the Epson V700) and will produce notably better output from slides or negs (And will also be less hassle, flatbed neg holders are mostly annoying).
I'm currently doing all my scanning with an Epson 4490, which is an excellent flatbed option, especially once you add a set of betterscanning.com ANR inserts (hold film strips flat without adding newton rings) and a betterscanning.com MF holder (the Epson one sucks). I'd go with a V500 for 35mm/MF today, or the V700 for LF scanning. -Adam On 12/13/07, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I currently have a Canon Canoscan that I have had in service through 3 > different computers and three different OS. It works from inside PSE > and does what I want, but now I am looking at doing a favor for > someone, scanning some old family pics that may need some TLC as far > as post processing and scanner capability. > Question : Will I really see a big enough quality increase from a new > scanner compared to this 5 or 6 year old Canon? And if so, what are > some recommendayions? I don't really want one that does slides/negs > as well, as I have a good film scanner. I also would not really want a > high end version if a 150.00 one will do just as good. > > Walt > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
